International Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction 2022

The International Booker Prize announced the six titles that made the shortlist for 2022. They had a solid longlist, so come see which books I ordered, which I'm debating ordering, and which ones I'm thinking I might hold off on. Expand for more information 👇

Links 💻
Booker announcement:   / 1512009305477820421  
Booker website: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke...
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Jen Campbell’s Barbellion Prize Vlog:    • Reading the Barbellion Prize 2022 Lon...  

Further Viewing 🎥
International Booker Longlist Reaction:    • International Booker Prize Longlist R...  
Last Year’s Booker Winner Reaction:    • Booker Prize 2021 Winner Reaction  

The Shortlist 📚
Heaven, Mieko Kawakami (translated by Samuel Bett & David Boyd)
Elena Knows, Claudia Piñeiro (translated by Frances Riddle)
A New Name: Septology VI-VII, Jon Fosse (translated by Damion Searls)
Tomb of Sand, Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell)
The Books of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Jennifer Croft)
Cursed Bunny, Bora Chung (translated by Anton Hur)

Longlisted Titles That Did Not Make It 📚
Paradais, Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes)
Love in the Big City, Sang Young Park (translated by Anton Hur)
Happy Stories, Mostly, Norman Erikson Pasaribu (translated by Tiffany Tsao)
The Book of Mother, Violaine Huisman (translated by Leslie Camhi)
More Than I Love My Life, David Grossman (translated by Jessica Cohen)
Phenotypes, Paulo Scott (translated by Daniel Hahn)
After the Sun, Jonas Eika (translated by Sherilyn Hellberg)

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